Safety Manager

Eurest

Location: Saline, MI

As the leader in business and industry dining, Eurest is the company to join if you want a rewarding career packed with limitless opportunities. We feed the employees of the nation's largest and most-prestigious companies -- in every state and across all industries. As a member of Eurest's leadership and professional support team, you will help our 16,000 chefs, and in-unit associates excel as they deliver world-class meals in corporate cafes and executive dining rooms with on-site catering through vending innovations and more.

Our company is innovative, high performing and fast growing. Our teammates are enthusiastic, committed to quality and thrive on consistently delivering unparalleled results. And did we mention we work with exciting companies and at interesting locations? Come grow your career with Eurest.

Eurest Core Values

We believe we're better together. As one team spanning coast to coast, our core values guide our actions, shape our culture, and define our service.

Hospitality

Great hospitality starts with demonstrating genuine care for others. We do this through great food, thoughtful service, and safe, responsible practices that protect our guests and teams.

Kindness and Respect

Two words that go hand-in-hand in what our work is truly about: taking care of people. Everyone has a seat at our table. We take the time to understand others and listen, valuing diverse perspectives and responding with compassion and empathy.

Trust

We earn trust by doing what we say we're going to do and taking ownership. We understand people count on us to deliver with consistency, honesty, and accountability across every location and line of business.

Innovation

We embrace fresh thinking and collaboration to find smarter ways to serve. With the flexibility to adapt across industries, we design dining and workplace solutions that move our clients, partners and teams forward.

Excellence

Excellence is how we operate daily. We hold ourselves to high expectations and take pride in our work. We lead with energy, creativity, and a service mindset that turns everyday into something exceptional.

Job Summary

The Safety Manager provides strategic leadership and oversight for health, safety, and environmental compliance across the organization. This role is responsible for training, implementing, and monitoring safety programs and policies to maintain a safe work environment for all employees, guests, and partners. The Safety Manager works to reduce claims and lost time injuries by providing safety and workers' compensation support to local units through routine meetings, conference calls, and on-site visits. Reporting to senior leadership, the Safety Manager conducts risk assessments, leads incident investigations, oversees regulatory compliance, and promotes a strong safety culture through training and continuous improvement initiatives.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Food Safety and Allergen Management: Oversee comprehensive food safety and allergen control protocols, ensuring strict compliance with health department regulations, proper cross-contamination prevention, and ongoing staff training to protect guests with dietary restrictions.
• Safety Program Development and Compliance: Establish, update, and enforce occupational safety policies and procedures in alignment with local, state, and federal regulations (OSHA, EPA, etc.).
• Risk Assessment and Operational Audits: Conduct regular site inspections and comprehensive risk assessments to identify workplace hazards, evaluate safety risks, and recommend corrective actions.
• Incident Investigation and Reporting: Lead investigations into workplace accidents, near-misses, and safety incidents to determine root causes, develop preventative measures, and ensure timely compliance reporting.
• Safety Training and Education: Drive, coordinate, and follow up on safety training programs for staff and management, fostering an organizational culture prioritized around safety awareness and responsibility.
• Metrics and Continuous Improvement: Track key safety performance indicators (KPIs), analyze trend data, and report regularly to leadership on safety initiatives and improvements.
• Local Unit Support and Claims Reduction: Provide comprehensive safety and workers' compensation support to local units to reduce claims and lost time injuries. Execute support through routine meetings, conference calls, training, site visits/inspections, policy implementation, measurement, communication, and ensuring compliance with client requirements.

Preferred Qualifications and Competencies:

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Health, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 5+ years of safety management and compliance experience in high-volume hospitality, corporate services, or multi-unit operational environments.
• Comprehensive knowledge of federal, state, and local regulatory standards, including OSHA, EPA, and local health department requirements.
• Demonstrated experience conducting risk assessments, job hazard analyses, incident investigations, and implementing effective corrective action plans.
• Strong background in workers' compensation management, claim reduction strategies, and supporting multi-site teams to minimize lost-time injuries.
• Proven ability to design and deliver engaging safety training programs and foster a proactive, continuous improvement safety culture across regional locations.

Apply to Eurest today!